The Accusation

2021

2 hr. 18 min.

Drama

List

88%

8 Reviews

Tomatometer

60%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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A young man is accused of rape, but he claims the young woman is only out for revenge. The two protagonists and their loved ones see their lives, their convictions and their certainties shattered.

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Flixster F

I've mixed feelings about it. While it feels like yet another flick on this topic, the performances and the dialogues are quite impressive to dismiss it. 6.5/10

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/26/23

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Yvan Attal

Director

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Claire Farel

Mathieu Kassovitz

Adam

Pierre Arditi

Jean Farel

Ben Attal

Alexandre Farel

Suzanne Jouannet

Mila

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Jordan Mintzer

Hollywood Reporter

The film tends to overstay its welcome, mostly because Attal doesn't know when to cut a scene short, or otherwise cut away, and let us think for ourselves.

Sep 14, 2021

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Jonathan Romney

Screen International

It's all too calculated to really breathe as drama, though it's undeniably intelligent, classily mounted and well acted all round.

Sep 14, 2021

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Monica Reid

Far Out Magazine

Yvan Attal’s The Accusation is a tense, complex personal and legal drama dealing in an unusual, purposely ambiguous way with a sexual assault case.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 11, 2024

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José Martín

El antepenúltimo mohicano

Unavoidable film. [Full Review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Sep 11, 2022

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Javier Ocaña

El Pais (Spain)

A magnificent film that presents the thin line between morality and legality. [Full review in Spanish]

Sep 9, 2022

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Juan Pando

Fotogramas

The film aces by never showing what happened during the litigious night, placing the audience in the jury box... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 5/5

Sep 8, 2022

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Synopsis

A young man is accused of rape, but he claims the young woman is only out for revenge. The two protagonists and their loved ones see their lives, their convictions and their certainties shattered.

Director: Yvan Attal
Executive Producer: Christine De Jekel
Screenwriter: Yaël Langmann, Yvan Attal, Karine Tuil
Production Co: France 2 Cinema, Films Sous Influence, Gaumont, Curiosa Films, Digital District
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)